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"Not only does this bill not contain any provisions that specifically help small business, it has provisions that could actually harm middle class firms. The language in Section 107 of the bill is totally inconsistent with the stated objectives of this legislation," says ASBL President Lloyd Chapman.
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Business Name Blues is a 3-part series in which I talk about the experiences I had in naming my business and give tips based on lessons I’ve learned in the process. Part 1 will explore choosing the business name. Part 2 looks into the online aspect of business naming. Part 3 closes with the legal and tax steps necessary to ensure your business nam
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An absolutely superb site focusing on climate change, global warming and the practice of carbon or CO2 offsetting. The site also features a comprehensive section on global warming and climate change, very easy to understand even for those completely ignorant of the subject , as well as a daily updated news bulleting and blog. Outstanding!
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Are they talking about your company? These Web sites allow your employees to rant about your company anonymously...online and in public.
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Businesses are big winners in the economic stimulus package signed into law earlier this year. They may not be getting rebate checks, but they are getting showered with $45 billion in tax breaks designed to spur them on to purchase more equipment, cars and other assets sooner rather than later.
Congress boosted the limit on first-year expensin
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With the tagline "Change the world...one business at a time," Kivab4b.org offers entrepreneurs and small businesses an easy way to participate in cause-related marketing.
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Hiring commission-only salespeople may only look like a less expensive alternative to salaried employees, but in the end, it rarely works out that way.
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The meaning of the adjective radical is “not bound by traditional ways or beliefs.” Here are the “must dos” of a seasoned business unit’s radical salesperson and marketer.
No stone goes unturned in your search for new leads and clients; no sales idea is too silly or stupid to try; you sell to everyone, every day, no matter what their size; you
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Instead, start understanding that most good plans to success are not the winning lottery ticket.
You must always set a goal and continuously measure it with reliable statistics and logical data for comparisons, monitoring its progress, and taking corrective actions to get back on track. Achievement is like building a home. It must be pre-plann
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You'd think that the ubiquitous Starbucks coffee chain would have been the death knell for the Bean Bag, a mom-and-pop coffee shop in Bethesda. If anything, Starbucks put more kick in the caffeine purveyor, which is celebrating its 30th year in business.
"It's the best thing that happened to us," said owner Mitchell Wool, whose parents fou
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Knowledge is power, and it must be a cornerstone of understanding for operational and sales success against your current and future competitive set.
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What do you do when you see one of your employees has posted a résumé to a service like Monster or CareerBuilder? That depends on why they’re posting.
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What is one of the fastest ways to increase HR expenses and create workflow stoppages? On-boarding new associates incorrectly and not having enough candidates in your HR pipeline, that’s how.
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There's a brand new Google AdWords quality score metric, page load time. The new factor has just been added to the AdWords full dump of their help section. Page load time is the time it takes a web page to load in seconds. If the load time in slow, Google says it will impact your quality score. Why? Slow loading landing pages are bad for your use
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Marketing today is like a spectacular fireworks display. Short-lived and breathtaking. Unforgettably forgettable. All our efforts seem to be front-loaded into launching with a bang. The fireworks are mesmerizing. The sky is filled with brilliant colors, flashes of light and accompanying music to boot. A hypnotized mob "oohs" and "aahs" with ap
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